Maria Cordero
1. The mother-in-law of my youngest brother passed away last weekend.
I like to dedicate the song 媽媽 I Love You ("Ma Ma I Love You") in memory of Mrs. Yu and what she has meant to her family.
2. Ma Ma I Love You is sung by Maria Cordero and is the theme song of the 1989 Hong Kong movie The Truth: Final Episode ("法內情大結局').
("Maria Cordero", Wikipedia):
"Maria Cordero, MH (肥媽瑪俐亞; Fat Mama Maria) is a singer, actress, TV Host and DJ from Macau. She also has her own cooking show, Maria's Kitchen (肥媽私房菜) on Cable TV. Her fans nicknamed her "Fat Mama" (肥媽; Féi Mā)."
"Maria was born to a Macanese family of Portuguese-Chinese blood at the Hospital Conde S. Januário in Macau in 1954. Her family moved to Shelley Street, Hong Kong when she was ten years old. When she was eleven her father died in Cordero, and she began working to support her seven brothers and sisters. She resorted to using identity cards from friends, because the legal working age in Hong Kong was 14. Her first job was as an usher for a local cinema."
"While working as a hotel telephone operator, she came across the opportunity to learn the bass guitar. The hotel resident band found out and hired her to play at night after she auditioned. For several years she worked a triple job of telephone operator in the day, band player at night, and working as a cashier. But she also worked as a line cook for takeaway contractors for office workers, thus having excellent cooking skills, which led to her having hosted 3 food and cuisine shows."
"She married the widowed Filipino pianist, 22 years her senior, in the band when she was in her late teens. She is the mother of six children (two boys with her husband, two boys and two girls from her husband's previous marriage)."
"Her eldest son Alfonso Bibi Cordero (traditional Chinese: 高進一) is a member of the Hong Kong Hockey team which won the bronze medal in the 2009 East Asian Games."
3. This is a good quality sound track of Ma Ma I Love You by Maria Cordero:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_xFjg-XQ1E
It is noteworthy that the lyrics are written from the mother's perspective.
4. The scenes are from the movie The Truth: Final Episode (1989):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M90MmzFzMwc
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkjWb76LE54
5. Maria Cordero in concert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gni-qZk7OO0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W0Xx7QVWks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezWUXde1pjA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aErolBrKcW4
6. Sound tracks by Maria Cordero:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18t3gg1myzc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikVFs12VTdk
7. Maria Cordero and Andy Lau:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b93e48e5BI
8. Andy Lau and Deanie Ip are the male and female leads of The Truth: Final Episode (1989):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riVQ7dQc2yc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW6LsZVvYX8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSlSTIYezd4
This video has more than one instances of the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezWUXde1pjA
9. Andy Lau in concert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npSYx7JxtVI
and in a charity function:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1xTzQqqiMk
And many more covers in YouTube.
10. The Lyrics in Traditional Chinese:
媽媽 I Love You -- Maria Cordero
願乖乖早點去睡 閉上眼進太空裡
我會抹去你的眼淚
那怕變化歲月裡 北風只管呼呼吹
我也會抱你吻你身心裡
願乖乖早點去睡 既已跳進世間裡
去看去聽你必會累
世界會要你面對 許多紛擾的火堆
告訴我不必孤單空心碎
* 愛你是我的生趣 怎麼結果都心醉
無須負重任 催逼一生答謝
只須講 Ma Ma I Love You
願你一生不畏懼 世界醉了你不醉
有了智慧再加敏銳
你要往遠遠路去 不管艱辛只管追
我也會暗暗柷褔一千句
Repeat *, *, *
11. The Lyrics in Simplified Chinese:
妈妈 I Love You -- Maria Cordero
愿乖乖早点去睡 闭上眼进太空里
我会抹去你的眼泪
那怕变化岁月里 北风只管呼呼吹
我也会抱你吻你身心里
愿乖乖早点去睡 既已跳进世间里
去看去听你必会累
世界会要你面对 许多纷扰的火堆
告诉我不必孤单空心碎
* 爱你是我的生趣 怎么结果都心醉
无须负重任 催逼一生答谢
只须讲 Ma Ma I Love You
愿你一生不畏惧 世界醉了你不醉
有了智慧再加敏锐
你要往远远路去 不管艰辛只管追
我也会暗暗柷褔一千句
Repeat *, *, *
12. Names, Words and Phrases:
Andy Lau (Traditional Chinese: 劉德華; Simplified Chinese: 刘德华)
Deanie Ip (Traditional: 葉德嫻; Simplified: 叶德娴).
References:
"Maria Cordero", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Cordero
(accessed 2015-05-29).
"The Truth: Final Episode", IMDb (Internet Movie Database),
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097320/
(accessed 2015-05-29).
"肥媽(瑪莉亞)", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E7%91%AA%E4%BF%90%E4%BA%9E
(accessed 2015-05-29).
"法內情大結局", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E6%B3%95%E5%85%A7%E6%83%85%E5%A4%A7%E7%B5%90%E5%B1%80
(accessed 2015-05-29).
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